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AIIB approves USD356.67 million loan for expansion of Chennai Metro Rail System

AIIB approved USD356.67 million loan to India involves the construction of a new corridor in Chennai’s metro network as part of Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2. It will span from Lighthouse in the east to Poonamalee Bypass in the west to ensure seamless multimodal transport across Chennai by providing integrated access to suburban rail, bus stations and the city’s main airport.

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Energy & transport sectors has received highest amount of AIIB’s financing.

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Union Minister Bhupender Yadav launches DigiSaksham - a digital skills programme to enhance employability of youth

DigiSaksham, a joint initiative with Microsoft India is an extension of the Government’s ongoing programmes to support the youth from rural and semi-urban areas. Through DigiSaksham initiative, free of cost training in digital skills including basic skills as well as advance computing, will be provided to more than three lakh youths in the first year.

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Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari takes over as Chief of Air Staff

Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari took over as the Chief of the Air Staff at a ceremony at Air Headquarters in New Delhi. An alumnus of NDA, the Chief of Air Staff was commissioned in December 1982 in the fighter stream of the IAF. He has flown more than 3,800 hours on multiple fighter and trainer aircraft.

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I&B Minister Anurag Singh Thakur launched Clean India Programme from Prayagraj

The aim of the cleanliness drive is to create awareness, mobilize people & ensure their involvement in cleaning waste mainly Single Use Plastic waste throughout India. This programme is being organised across the country through the networks of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan-NYKS affiliated Youth Clubs and National Service Scheme-affiliated institutions.

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Govt to organise Vayo Naman Programme in honour of senior citizens

Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry will organise Vayo Naman Programme in honour of senior citizens on occasion of International Day of Older Persons. Vice President will dedicate Elderly Help Line 14567 to Nation & launch Senior Able Citizens Reemployment in Dignity (SACRED) & Senior Care Ageing Growth Engine (SAGE) Portals on this occasion.

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International Day of Older Persons: 1 October


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India, US sign two MoUs for cooperation in Health and Biomedical Sciences

Two MoUs were also signed at the concluding session of the 4th Indo-US Health Dialogue being hosted by India. One MoU was signed concerning cooperation in the field of Health and Biomedical sciences. The other MoU was signed for cooperation with International Centre for Excellence in Research (ICER).

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Mukesh Ambani dominates as richest Indian for 10th year, Adani earned Rs 1,002 crore per day

According to the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List, Mukesh Ambani and family are now worth Rs 7,18,000 crore, a 9% increase from the previous year. At a distance, on the second spot, Gautam Adani and Family are now the second richest in the country with their wealth standing at a staggering Rs 5,05,900 crore.

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NITI Aayog, Amazon Web Services, Intel collaborate to accelerate Digital Innovation in India

NITI Aayog, Amazon Web Services and Intel have come together to establish a new experience studio at the NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Centre. The studio will be a hub for collaboration and experimentation to enable problem-solving and innovation between government stakeholders, start-ups, enterprises and industry domain experts.

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Piyush Goyal addresses Second Global Fintech Fest-2021'

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that India is poised to become one of the largest digital markets in the world. Addressing the Second Global Fintech Fest-2021 through video conferencing, he said at 87 per cent, India has the highest FinTech adoption rate in the world against the global average of 64 per cent.

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NITI Aayog releases performance assessment report of district hospitals in India

NITI Aayog released a performance assessment report of district hospitals in India, titled Best Practices in the Performance of District Hospitals. The report is an outcome of collaboration with the Health Ministry and WHO India. The assessment framework covers 10 Key Performance Indicators across the domains of Structure and Output.

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PM launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 on 1st October

PM Narendra Modi launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 on 1st October 2021, at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi. In line with the vision of the Prime Minister, SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 have been designed to realize the aspiration to make all our cities ‘Garbage Free’ and ‘Water Secure’.

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Defence Accounts Department develops IT-enabled payment system

The Defence Accounts Department under the aegis of the Ministry of Defence has developed an IT-enabled payment and accounting system called PRABAL to ensure that the domestic defence suppliers get payments without any delay. This is being done following the clarion call of Aatmanirbhar Bharat by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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SEBI approves frameworks for Gold and Social Stock Exchanges

SEBI also approved amendments to delisting framework for equity shares. A gold exchange is being set up to trade gold in the form of EGR, which will help in having transparent domestic spot price discovery mechanism. Instrument representing gold will be called Electronic Gold Receipt (EGR) & will be having trading, clearing & settlement features akin to other securities.

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